Laptop cuts off internet connection

Laptop cuts off internet connection

This is pretty strange:

Every time I turn on my laptop, my internet connection gets cut off. The broadband and service lights on the UVerse 2Wire gateway would turn from green to red and there would be no connection. When I shut down my laptop, the lights would come back on.

However, if I turn on my laptop sitting right in front of the gateway, the connection would stay on, but as soon as I move into another room, the red light will flash and there would be no connection.

Anyone have any suggestions as to where I should be looking? is it a wireless channel issue? MAC address issue?

Re: Laptop cuts off internet connection

Wow, that is strange. The fact that your laptop connects fine when it is next to the RG means it is not likely a MAC address issue. Try a different channel, pick one that is not 'crowded'. For example there's other wireless routers at channels 1,2,4, and 10 and 11. Pick channel 7.

- How many other active wired/wireless connections are there on your RG?- What brand/model is your laptop? Is this behavior new, meaning it used to connect fine and then just one day it started to reset the RG's internet connection (with no changes to the RG or your laptop)?